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pry shell breaks with long output

I just installed pry. With the "pry" command it seems to start up fine. I can issue basic commands, no problem. However if I issue a command whose output is long, I am unable to issue further commands. For example, if I issue the help command I get the following:

[1] pry(main)> help
Help
  help               Show a list of commands or information about a specific command.
...
...
...
Prompts
  simple-prompt      Toggle the simple prompt.
(END)

I can page down to the end of the help listing and "(END)" is displayed. However I cannot get back to the REPL (ctrl-C doesn't work). Any suggestions as to why this is happening?

Solution

  • Press q to return to command mode.